Rice in Cebu: P50 average price hike per sack amid holidays

Pia Piquero 12/05/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The price of rice in Cebu has seen a modest increase of around P50 per sack over the past 10 days, according to Erwin Goc-ong, president of the Cebu Market Vendors Cooperative (Cemvedco).…

Rama orders clearing of Carbon Market complex roads

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama ordered the new Carbon Market Administrator to put order to the Carbon Market by ensuring the roads are passable. Rama ordered Market Administrator Wynne Jagmoc Ceno to clean…

Vendors: We will not give up Carbon Market

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Carbon Market vendors are dismayed that the groundbreaking for the Carbon Modernization program will push through on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, despite issues surrounding the joint-venture-agreement (JVA) the city has entered through…

Ermita officials, vendors want city gov’t to manage new Carbon Public Market

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Ermita officials and vendors, who earn from the operation of the Carbon Public Market, want the Cebu City government to continue to operate its biggest wet market upon the completion of the rehabilitation…

Cebu City to hold public hearing for Carbon Market development

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Amidst protests from the Cebu Market Vendors Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Cemvedco) regarding the development of the Carbon public market by a private entity, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said he will be calling for a…

Cebu Market Vendors Development Cooperative urges Labella to consult market vendors first

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Cebu Market Vendors Development Cooperative (Cemvedco) is asking Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella to consult the market vendors first before allowing a private establishment to develop the Carbon Market. Labella has recently announced…

Cebu Coop leader tells gov’t: Help our sector participate in rice importation

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A cooperative leader here is asking the government to help their sector participate in the importation of rice to prevent possible abuses by large-scale traders. Erwin Goc-ong, chairman of the Cebu Market Vendors…

Gov’t urged: Ease Rice Tariffication Law’s effects on farmers with programs to boost rice production

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While certain that the signing into law of the rice tariffication bill is a good sign for consumers, a local retailer’s group leader said the government should initiate improvements in local rice production in…

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